Video shows EF-1 Tornado hit downtown Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – An EF-1 tornado with winds up to 90 mph hit downtown Buffalo Monday afternoon less than half a mile from City Hall, damaging building and trees and causing the closure of several residential streets.

Videos and images posted on social media – as well as footage captured by Nexstar's WIVB – showed a funnel cloud blowing through a portion of the city's Lower West Side and downtown area just before 1 p.m. The National Weather Service officially confirmed the surprise tornado about 2 1/2 hours later.